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Surya, Review: Twilight zone • Jan 05, 2023 at 06:08 AM
by Siraj Syed

Surya, Review: Twilight zone Giving no clue about its content, Surya is an eponymous title, being the short form of the name of the protagonist. Symbolically, it also stands for the sun, as the...

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Sanjeevani Jadhav
Raghavendra Kadkol
Deepjyoti Naik
Central Board of Film Certification
Dev Chauhan
Madhu S. Rao
Rahul Bhatankar
Pradeep Patwardhan
Dileep Sadwilkar
Gauri Deshmukh
Sandesh Jadhav
Jasbir Thandi
Arun Nalawade
Pankaj Vishnu
Uday Tikekar
Ganesh Yadav
Akhilendra Mishra
Harry Josh
B. Subhash
Tarzan
Hemant Birje
Devashi Khanduri
Ruchita Jadhav
Prasad Mangesh
Mangesh Thange
Vijay Kadam
Mangesh Kedar
Hemant Edlabadkar
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Gujarati
Hindustani
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Nana Patekar
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Medium Spicy, Review: Only medium, not spicy • Jun 16, 2022 at 05:39 AM
by Siraj Syed

Medium Spicy, Review: Only medium, not spicy This had to be a new take on love. In its promotion, the makers of the film Medium Spicy (in Marathi language) quoted from William Shakespeare’s all-time...

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Parental Guidance
Saurabh Bhalerao
Hrishikesh Datar
Jasraj Joshi
Rahul Chauhan
Raghav Ramadoss
Radhika Apte
Arundhati Nag
Kulkarni
Chirputkar
Neha Joshi
Ipshita Chakraborty Singh
Ravindra Mankani
Marathi Association
Sagar Deshmukh
Parna Pethe
Sai Tamhankar
Lalit Prabhakar
Bertolt Brecht
Mohit Takalkar
Tamilian
William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet
Irawati Karnik
Nissim Ezekiel
jew
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IFFI 52, 051: Towards better IFFIs • Jan 07, 2022 at 05:45 AM
by Siraj Syed

IFFI 52, 051: Towards better IFFIs What makes a good international film festival? Some criteria. Good international films Good Indian films Good scheduling Good...

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Pramod Sawant
Digambar Kamat
Laxmikat Parsekar
National Film Development Corporation (NFDC)
Ravinder Bhakar
Central Board of Film Certification
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Children’s Film Society of India
National Film Archive of India.
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IFFI 52, 047: 2021 will have been the last IFFI where FD participated and contributed • Jan 02, 2022 at 02:32 AM
by Siraj Syed

IFFI 52, 047: 2021 will have been the last IFFI where FD participated and contributed At every IFFI, the Films Division (FD) of the Union Government of India’s Ministry of Information and...

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Ravinder Bhakar
Central Board of Film Certification
Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas
Film Bazaar
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JBH Wadia
Ezra Mir
V. Shantaram
Jean Bhownagary
S. Sukhdev
S.N.S. Sastry
Vijaya Mule
Pramod Pati
Vijay B. Chandra
Loksen Lalwani
Satyajit Ray
Ritwik Ghatak
Mani Kaul
V. Packirisamy
Joshy Joseph
Kamal Swaroop
Anirban Dutta
Renu Sawant
Farha Khatun
Joseph
FD Zone
35mm prints
Virender Kundu
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I am 20
Avijit Mukul Kishore
Scroll
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IFFI 52, 043: Indian Film Personalities of the Year • Dec 22, 2021 at 04:16 AM
by Siraj Syed

IFFI 52, 043: Indian Film Personalities of the Year “One Sky is less, bring me more skies”. Yes, this is what Prasoon Joshi, renowned lyricist and Chairperson, Central Board of Film Certification...

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Central Board of Film Certification
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75 Creative Minds of Tomorrow
Golden Lions
cannes
Young Global Leader
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Lajja
Taare Zameen Par
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Dilli Kaand, Review: Those that rape and those that gape • Oct 24, 2021 at 02:01 PM
by Siraj Syed

Dilli Kaand, Review: Those that rape and those that gape When a film is delayed six years in its release, its fate is more or less sealed. Dilli Kaand was launched in August 2015 and sees the light...

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Independent
Aarushi
Amit Shukla
CATCH 22
Central Board of Film Certification
Fashion Parade Films
Greater Kailash (GK)
I am Vrinda
Javed Ali
Kaashvi Kanchan
Kritik Kumar
Meghna Gulzar
Mona Mathew
Nirbhaya
Preetika Chauhan
Rajesh Singh
Reem Khan
Sam Sundesa
Shahbaz Baweja
Shashank Ranjan
Shashank Sethi
Singapore
Talvar
Virendra Saxena
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Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy, Review: Per capita • Oct 02, 2019 at 07:38 PM
by Siraj Syed

Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy, Review: Per capita “This Gandhi Jayanti, India unites to fight,” declares a large card on the trailer of Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy. Mohandas Karamchand ‘Mahatma’ Gandhi (born...

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Daniel
Oskar Skagerberg
Konidela Siva Sankara Vara Prasad
Terence J. Rotolo
lens flares
Alex O’Nell
A.R. Rahman
Swanand Kirkire
A. Sreekar Prasad
R. Rathnavelu
Daniel O’Kane
Amit Trivedi
Julius Packiam
Henry Maynard
Mark Kitto
James Graeme
David Blazejko
Mark Rathbone
Jagapathi Rao
Gopala Krishna
Paruchuri Brothers
Narasimha
1857
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Jagapathi Babu
Lakshmy Gopalaswamy
Vijay Sethupathi
Ravi Kishan
Sudheep
Mukesh RishiBritish
colonialism
revolt
Chiranjeevi
Surender Reddy
Central Board of Film Certification
decapitation
gory
gruesome
Tamannaah
Mukesh Rishi
Majjala Uyyalawada
Amitabh Bachchan
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Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri, Review: Rape, murder and other black grey comedy • Feb 21, 2018 at 04:05 AM
by Siraj Syed

Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri, Review: Rape, murder and other black grey comedy Outdoor advertising is no longer so called. The 21st century buzz-word is ‘Out-of-Home medium’, OOH. There...

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A Stitch in Time
Abbie Cornish
Amanda Warren
Caleb Landry Jones
Central Board of Film Certification
Clarke Peters
Darrell Britt-Gibson
Frances McDormand
Geoffrey Lee
impact
Kathryn Newton
Kerry Condon
Norman Wisdom
sam rockwell
Samara Weaving
Sheffield
Sheriff Abercrombie
Stephenson Blake
Western North Carolina
woody harrelson
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Magnum Opus Padmavati adds a, drops i, eyes release on 25th January • Jan 14, 2018 at 04:43 PM
by Siraj Syed

Magnum Opus Padmavati adds a, drops i, eyes release on 25th January It will now be called and spelt Padmaavat, from its original moniker of Padmavati. The deletion of the i is in deference to the...

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Bahubali 2
Paramount Pictures
Viacom18 Motion Pictures
Sudhanshu Vats
Central Board of Film Certification
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Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Viacom18
Bhansali Productions
ranveer singh
Shahid Kapoor
Folklore
Maharawal Ratan Singh
Alauddin Khilji
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16th Third Eye Asian Film Festival: VIII • Jan 08, 2018 at 10:37 AM
by Siraj Syed

16th Third Eye Asian Film Festival: VIII Besides Marathi, Bengali language films saw fair representation at TEAFF. There were two Assamese films as well. Internationally, of course, we had a strong...

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Arup Manna
Ananya
Pupa
Aideu
Aarohi
Kollol School of Arts
Nagaon
Central Board of Film Certification
Kamaleswar Mukherjee
Sudiptaa Chakraborty
Rahul
Debaprasad Haldar
Indrasis Acharya
Billu Rakkhosh
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Bengali
Assamese
Asian Film Foundation
P.L. Deshpande Maharashtra Kala Academy
Prabhat Chitra Mandal
Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Chitrapat Mahamandal
Department of Culture
Government of Maharashtra
Ravindra Natya Mandir Mini Auditorium
mumbai
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